Pregame Notes: Washington Capitals vs. Colorado Avalanche

The Caps are back home tonight. Bad news hit the Caps though as Nate Schmidt was hurt in Hershey in their 4-2 loss to Norfolk. Schmidt will be out 6-8 weeks. Here is the lineup for tonight's game. 

Forwards:

Ovechkin-Backstrom-Burakovsky

Johansson-Kuznetsov-Brouwer

Laich-Fehr-Ward

Chimera-Beagle-Wilson

Defense and Goalies:

Orpik-Carlson

Alzner-Niskanen

Hillen-Green

Holtby

Peters

Gametime 7 pm on CSN